New: Prada Amber pour Homme.

Perfumer Daniela Andrier spent 18 months working on the scent, which she described as a simple fragrance created by a complex idea. "The whole idea of Amber Pour Homme is that it is harmony through conflicting elements," said Andrier, who added Prada helped her achieve the final end result.

In addition to the amber accord, a fougère accord is added for contrast. To achieve the amber note, a combination of vanilla, tonka bean, labdanum oil and patchouli was used. For the fougère aspect, there's geranium, vetiver, orange blossom, myrrh and musk. Finally, leather notes are softened with a blend of saffron oil and sandalwood.

Jordi Puig, who is vice president of organization and business development for Prada's licensee Puig Prestige USA describes the scent as a sensual fragrance for a confident and nonconformist man.

The bottle is a twist on the female fragrance bottle, it is rectangular but vertical instead of horizontal. And the iconic purple spray pump for the deluxe edition has been replaced button-like metal pump. Box is navy blue.

Re: New: Prada Amber pour Homme.

OMG. How utterly, mindblowingly, hopelessly booooooooooooooring. So this is their big male launch??? Another amber on a saturated market. I seriously had hopes for this house to launch something cool, something seriously premium - worthy of such a prestigous house. And we get another amber. SIGH.
Puig really destroys everything they lay their greasy little fingers on, just like Procter & Gamble.

Now I know why the devil wears Prada.....

Since last year I believe this scent has been on and off the drawing board. Prada for women scent is not really doing well that they recently launched a new revamped light version. Notice that this mens version is no longer called Prada Homme but now Amber....

If it does not a hit targeted sales I am sure they will launch a flanker called Agua ....

Re: Now I know why the devil wears Prada.....

Originally Posted by scentimus

Since last year I believe this scent has been on and off the drawing board. Prada for women scent is not really doing well that they recently launched a new revamped light version. Notice that this mens version is no longer called Prada Homme but now Amber....

If it does not a hit targeted sales I am sure they will launch a flanker called Agua ....

CORRECTION...IT WILL BE NAMED 'PRADA SPORT', MARKED BY THEIR RED STRIPED LOGO FROM THEIR SPORTS LINE...

Re: New: Prada Amber pour Homme.

tigrushka, I'm afraid you will be dissapointed. There is absolutely nothing unique about this; it's tuned down amber fragrance - thus very werable - but also so very forgettable and boring, lacks any character of it's own. It just smells... kind of nice. It's scents like this that make me mad, not the controversial ones.

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I sprayed it on my arm the other day and wasn't impressed either. Rather generic. The opening kind of reminded me of Gucci Pour Homme, but that is a much richer and more interesting scent. Prada Amber PH is comforting and wouldn't hurt anyone but there really is nothing new to it, as many people here have mentioned. It's warm and soft but quite synthetic smelling.

Also, that bottle is pure hell to control as a right-handed person. I wonder why they made it so hard to handle, since most people are right handed. No offence to lefty's but this is basically asking to drop out of your hands when you use it.

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Stuff is the soapiest frag ever! Smells like Dove and that's not a good thing. Instant turn-off. Good sillage though.

"I exist for myself, and for those to whom my unquenchable thirst for freedom gives everything, but also for everyone, since insofar as I am able to love - I love everyone. Of noble hearts, I am the noblest - and the most generous of those that yearn to give love in return. - I am a human being, I love death and I love life."

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Prada Amber PH lasts and lasts. Eight hours later and the single spritz on my arm still resounds...

Honestly, I find Prada quite original, refined, deep and totally delicious right from the get-go. Along the same lines as AMen, M7,Arpège, Dior, Individuel, L'Instant, Touch Grigioperla with a hint of Mugler's Cologne thrown in for good measure. Try spraying it from the bottle and you will see. Tuck into it some 20 to 30 minutes later; it is a masterpiece of blending and sophistication, with that (false) amber note of burnt caramel and suede (try smelling it through a shirt or long-sleeve garment a little later) that predominates throughout. Yum, yum.

That barbershop soap accord sticks around all the way through and may be a turnoff to some; the mid-notes are definitely very smokey, resinous, chewy, and even burnt yet surprisingly bright and every so sweet (but not at all cloying) as well.

All in all, that's precisely what I enjoy about Prada: Although it applies rather heavy at first, it softens quickly and never looses touch with that initial soapy neroli/geranium note - meaning it stays pretty well fresh all the way through. That leathery/powdery effect on clothing, later on or the next morning, is quite astounding and unique, comforting and enveloping all at once. As much as I love London, this one is a notch or two above that. A little harder to like, but worth getting to know.

Re: New: Prada Amber pour Homme.

Originally Posted by Johnny_Ludlow

tigrushka, I'm afraid you will be dissapointed. There is absolutely nothing unique about this; it's tuned down amber fragrance - thus very werable - but also so very forgettable and boring, lacks any character of it's own. It just smells... kind of nice. It's scents like this that make me mad, not the controversial ones.

Could be, but I still wouldn't know without testing it properly on my skin first so I will give it go...

Re: New: Prada Amber pour Homme.

I finally had a chance to try this the night before last. I was very impressed at first application, and surprised at the extent of citrus I was appreciating, along with pleasing floral, musk, and myrrh notes. This goodness lasted about 20 minutes, and thus began the quick slide into middle-of-the-road, amorphous sweetness. I did not appreciate very much amber accord at all, nor much woods, nor any vetiver. Perhaps all these notes are there, and just seamlessly blended. At any rate, the drydown strikes me as moderately sweet and fruity, though I fail to see any fruits mentioned in the notes. It's not that sweet, but the combination with the fruity accord renders it similar to Burberry Brit, or D&G By Man (minus the spices), or many other sweetish, fruity scents. While many will like this a lot, I'm sorry to say that I do not. As always, though, glad to have tried it.

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I know all this fragrance stuff is highly subjective, but I felt so strongly about this one that I had to break my long period of silence on Basenotes to add my two cents...

In a word, HORRIBLE!!!!

I honestly can't believe anybody would enjoy this vile concoction. It smells cheap and assaults the nose from begining to end. The worst part is that you literally cannot wash it off - this crap stays with you like white on rice.

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With the risk of sounding way too negative, I do not like how this juice is balanced at all. I would like to mute the (to my nose) acrid and piercing floral/herbal notes that constitutes the heart of the fragrance and incorporate them into the dull dry down to make the fragrance more interesting and well balanced. There are a lot of things going on initially (i.e. top notes, mid notes) with this one, unfortunately the base notes should have been the logical conclusion of that, if this fragrance would have been better balanced.

Also, I am not sure about the use of saffron oil in fragrances. At least to me, it is a rather unique ingredient that makes Prada Man smell very conventional. Why use it?

However, I should mention that it is not by any mean an awful scent (just a bit too ordinary for the mighty fashion house of Prada) and that I do get compliments when I have worn it.

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A little off topic, but I happened to try the new Davidoff Silver Shadow at the same time as the Prada. To me, the Silver Shadow was MUCH more smooth and balanced, although perhaps a bit too simple for some people's tastes.